A-Rod passes McGwire for 8th place on HR list

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. it was Rodriguez's 584th career home run and first this season, passing Mark McGwire for sole possession for eighth place on the career

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. it was Rodriguez's 584th career home run and first this season, passing Mark McGwire for sole possession for eighth place on the career list. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hits a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. it was Rodriguez's 584th career home run and first this season, passing Mark McGwire for sole possession for eighth place on the career list. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (/ AP)

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, runs past Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden, left, after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, runs past Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden, left, after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, right, runs past Texas Rangers catcher Taylor Teagarden, left, after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 17, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) (/ AP)

Alex Rodriguez hit his 584th home run and first this season, passing Mark McGwire for sole possession for eighth place on the career list.

Rodriguez homered off Doug Mathis in the fourth inning Saturday, a solo drive to right-center that gave the Yankees a 7-0 lead over Texas.

A-Rod had gone homerless in his first 41 at-bats, his longest homerless streak at the start of a season since beginning 1995 without one in his first 48 at-bats for Seattle.